By Rich Pollack
As Highland Beach leaders methodically move toward starting a town-operated fire department, they know that some skeptics believe they might be in over their heads.
Their message back: Don’t underestimate us.
“I think people will be s
By Dan Moffett
The hard feelings and divisions that grew out of the March election are festering within the Ocean Ridge Town Commission.
During a contentious and sometimes angry three-hour meeting on May 3, the commission fought over filling a seat o
By Dan Moffett
Manalapan has its own version of the building boom that is raging throughout Florida, and it comes with its own rather special complications.
People who are moving to the town are intent on building bigger homes, which necessitates the
By Dan Moffett
Boynton Beach Fire Chief James Stables has been on the job for only five months, but already he’s making a difference in Briny Breezes.
That’s the conclusion of Hal Hutchins, the Ocean Ridge police chief and Briny’s marshal.
“I’ve alre
County has weathered pandemic ‘very well,’ appraiser reports
By Mary Hladky
Undeterred by the coronavirus pandemic, the taxable value of Palm Beach County properties has increased for the 10th year in a row.
Estimates released by the Palm Beach Cou
Kristin and Frank Augustine were among several South Palm Beach customers in a matter of minutes to buy drinking water on Memorial Day at the Publix in Plaza del Mar. Right after they did, an employee restocked the supply with 14 cases of bottled wat
Getting around Manalapan in 1920 was difficult and primitive by today’s standards.
BELOW RIGHT: The 1891 newspaper ad promoting George Charter’s property. Photos from the Boynton Beach City Library
By Eliot Kleinberg
Across America, 1931 was a step
Leonard Cohen and his wife, Florence, collect teddy bears and give them to children at the Connor Moran Children’s Cancer Foundation and St. Mary’s Medical Center and other cancer patients. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Leonard Cohen grew up fast in t
By Dan Moffett
It took plenty of hard work and some last-minute scrambling, but South Palm Beach saw its beach project completed on budget and on time during the first week in May, avoiding interference with the height of turtle nesting season.
“We p
Mounds of naturally occurring sargassum are upsetting some of the visitors to Lantana’s beach. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Mary Thurwachter
It’s that time of year again, when sargassum blankets the beach, encroaching on beachgoers’ space. It’s no
By Mary Thurwachter
The Town Council agreed in May to hire a third-party consultant to create a new master plan for Lantana using information gathered from residents during two recent workshops.
The move follows through on a goal of Mayor Robert Hage
About 30 members of the Seagate neighborhood south of Atlantic Avenue gathered to hold a farewell party for their mail carrier, Lester Flowers, who retired after delivering to their neighborhood for 35 years. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
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By Mary Hladky
The city and the Boca Raton Arts District Exploratory Corp. are moving closer to inking a deal that would allow a $130 million performing arts complex to be built on city-owned land in Mizner Park.
City Council members made clear that t
Jason Miele, a marine interdiction agent with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, retrieves evidence from a fishing boat that ran aground at the St. Andrews Club on May 2, loaded with 28 Haitians. Officers from Gulf Stream, Ocean Ridge, Delray Beach,
The Florida League of Cities has honored Boca Raton Mayor Scott Singer as a 2021 Home Rule Hero for his work and advocacy efforts during the 2021 legislative session. “Singer worked tirelessly throughout the session to promote local voices making loc
By Rich Pollack
LANTANA — Soon after she moved into a sixth-floor apartment with an ocean view at the Carlisle Palm Beach five years ago, former Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Jacqueline “Jackie” Winchester became an active member of the a
DELRAY BEACH — Adlyn Foster Sherman, 99, died May 11 of natural causes.
Adlyn Foster was born in Utica, New York, on Jan. 6, 1922, the daughter of Harry Foster and Elsie Pfleeger Foster. Raised in New Hartford, New York, she attended New Hartford Hig
OCEAN RIDGE — Velden Paul Colby died April 21, following an auto accident in Citra, where he lived. He was 86.
The man known to everyone as “Colby” was born Dec. 17, 1934, in Fairview, Oklahoma, to Paul and Ruth Sheffield Colby. He was preceded in de
By Larry Barszewski
If you’re at the beach and you have a medical emergency, rescue crews say they will do what it takes to get you the help you need.
That’s not what Kim Jones experienced when she and a friend were snorkeling off the coast of Ocean
Old high school’s new uses reflect wider push for preservation
By Larry Barszewski
The Boynton Woman’s Club made an impressive move almost a century ago, when it left its original Ocean Avenue location for a clubhouse designed by famed Palm Beach
